Authorities have charged Luigi Mangione, 26, with the second-degree murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Police arrested Mangione in Altoona, Pennsylvania Monday morning after a McDonald’s employee recognized him from photos circulating of the suspected killer and called local police.

Precision medicine’s genomic solutions were a great first step, but they are limited compared to AI’s ability – for example, Artera’s test for localized prostate cancer and recommended therapy, says CEO Andre Esteva.  

VoiceBot Grace does patient follow-up for discharges at home by setting up PCP appointments and this virtual assistant is part of the care team at Memorial Hermann, says Chief Digital Officer Eric Smith.  

GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have completely changed not only how physicians manage weight loss but how healthcare views obesity.

Yale New Haven Hospital is on track to complete the $838 million Adams Neurosciences Center at its Saint Raphael Campus and expects the project will be completed in 2027, the hospital said.

Although nearly all older Americans have Medicare coverage, they still pay more and are more likely to postpone or skip needed care because of costs than their counterparts in most other wealthy countries, according to new findings from the 2024 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults.

The American Heart Association, with initial funding from Bristol Myers Squibb, has launched a new three-year initiative to improve hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) systems of care and standardize how patients with HCM are identified, assessed, referred and treated.

Predictive AI alerts nurses of those patients at risk for a bad outcome and found that interventions to prevent, for instance, sepsis, saves an estimated 50 lives a year, says UC San Diego Health Chief Health AI Officer Dr. Karandeep Singh.  

As more details emerge about the suspected gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, the company is receiving both condolences and statements of rage on social media over claim denials by the nation’s largest health insurer.

Addus Homecare, a provider of home care services, has completed a $350 million acquisition of the personal care operations of Gentiva, which provides hospice, palliative and personal care services in the seven-state service area of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.